Credential Cam Pro Plus, Instruction Manual

Page 1: ...bility to be certain they possess the most recent version of this document by going to the supplier s website searching for the model number and comparing revision letters on the respective document located in the document s footer For technical assistance with this product please contact the supplier from whom the product was purchased 5MP Photo ID Flash Camera Instruction Manual for Credential C...

Page 2: ...r 11 5 2 2 Quality 11 5 2 3 Direct Draw 11 5 2 4 Performance 12 5 3 Video Capture Filter 13 5 3 1 Video Proc Amp 13 5 4 Video Capture Pin 14 5 4 1 Stream Format 14 5 5 Still Capture Pin 15 5 6 Current Settings 16 5 7 Capture 17 5 7 1 Get Still Enter 17 5 7 2 Still File Path 18 5 8 Focus 19 5 8 1 Trigger Autofocus 19 5 9 UVC Extension 20 5 9 1 AF Status 20 5 9 2 AF Trigger 21 5 9 3 Flash Control 22...

Page 3: ...PEG compression Both photo ID camera and accompanying LED flash unit are powered directly by USB port No external power supply is needed 2 2 Contents The Credential Cam Pro Plus camera with built in flash comes with a 10 foot USB mini cable 20 tripod mount attached to camera base and Demonstration Viewer Installation CD containing USB Viewer software TWAIN driver USB drivers and user manual 3 Spec...

Page 4: ...minating the need for a frame grabber The resolution of the still image is user definable 3 3 Camera Flash The Credential Cam Pro Plus is fully UVC compliant and all basic camera controls can be accessed via the standard UVC command protocol The Credential Cam Pro Plus camera includes an internal processor that automatically detects when a snapshot command has been issued and triggers the flash at...

Page 5: ... all programs Find the Credential Cam folder and select the Uninstall Viewer option The Credential Cam Pro Plus camera is shipped with a simple demonstration Viewer application that can be installed by running the Cred Cam Pro Plus msi file found in the accompanying CD If the camera is to be used with a third party application there is no need to install the included software To install Insert USB...

Page 6: ...to install the Credential Cam Pro Plus software The default folder is C Program Files x86 CredCam CameraViewer You will be given the option to install for everyone or just the user currently logged in Choose Everyone and click Next Select Next to continue Another progress window will show status of install ...

Page 7: ...ssue Date 07 20 2016 Revision 2 1 0 0 Page 7 of 27 If a User Account Control pop up is displayed click Yes to allow changes Once complete a window will display that the 5MP Camera Viewer has sucessfully been installed ...

Page 8: ...Doc INS 16001 Issue Date 07 20 2016 Revision 2 1 0 0 Page 8 of 27 Select Close to finalize the installation The USB camera can now be connected to the camera ...

Page 9: ...en open the Viewer To open the Viewer Go to Start All Programs CredCam Cred Cam Pro Plus Viewer You should now see a window like the one below The features that are supported in current version of installer are briefly described here The Viewer status bar bottom left displays the current resolution of video stream and frame rate ...

Page 10: ...es When you click the Devices menu all video devices connected to the PC will be enumerated and listed A check mark will be placed alongside the camera whose images are being displayed in the window 5 2 Options When you select the Options menu the pictured drop down will appear ...

Page 11: ...played frames dropped in Renderer average frame rate achieved etc All values displayed are for the currently selected camera Note that there are three tabs within Video Source Properties Quality Direct Draw and Performance with the Quality tab displayed as default 5 2 2 Quality 5 2 3 Direct Draw The Direct Draw tab shows the enabled options and current capabilities of the DirectDraw plugin ...

Page 12: ...Doc INS 16001 Issue Date 07 20 2016 Revision 2 1 0 0 Page 12 of 27 5 2 4 Performance ...

Page 13: ...e preview settings according to your needs The value being set will be displayed in the text box based on the position of the slider marker As soon as the slider is moved to adjust or configure values Brightness Contrast Saturation etc the preview s property will change to reflect the user configurations By clicking Apply any changes that you have made will be saved until next time the dialog is o...

Page 14: ...s closed preview will start automatically The available output size and color spaces will be listed in the combo box After selecting the required output size and color space press Apply to configure the changes Pressing OK will start previewing the video stream with newly configured output size and compression values At any point in time you can click Cancel to exit the dialog and start the previe...

Page 15: ...in application will be stopped until the still capture pin dialog box is active Once the dialog box is closed preview will start automatically The available output size and color spaces will be listed in the combo box see below After selecting the required output size and color space press Apply to configure the changes Pressing OK will start previewing the video stream with newly configured outpu...

Page 16: ...ge 16 of 27 5 6 Current Settings Select the Current Settings sub menu from the Options drop down to open a dialog box that lists the currently configured values for the device This dialog box allows you to see all the properties configured and their effects ...

Page 17: ...ill image from the still pin by selecting this menu Capture Get Still or by simply pressing the Enter key on your keyboard The still image will be saved in the desktop directory by default To change where the image is saved click on the Still File Path Capture Still File Path and configure the directory as required The file name of the image saved will be the current timestamp ...

Page 18: ...27 5 7 2 Still File Path Use this menu Capture Still File Path to establish the folder where the images captured will be saved You can browse to the required directory and set up a file location so that in the future all images captured will be saved in that folder ...

Page 19: ...mera is a push to focus device you must toggle the focus flag from 0 to 1 in order to initiate a focus If the focus flag has been left at a 1 you must first set it to 0 and then to 1 Flash Please note that automatic FLASH control is not a standard UVC supported command and is not included as part of the standard UVC interface To overcome this problem the Credential Cam Pro Plus camera includes an ...

Page 20: ...ed that the device supports extension unit The UVC Extension has the following features Auto Focus Status Auto Focus Trigger Focus Mode Update GPI Status Set Clear GPO s Get Sensor ID Get Firmware Version 5 9 1 AF Status The AF Status button shows the current auto focus status AF Status may be set to AF is Manual AF is Single Trigger Focusing AF is Single Trigger Focused ...

Page 21: ... Focus Radio button is selected by default When you select the Auto Focus radio button the slider control and edit box will be disabled The controls will be enabled again if you select Manual Focus Select the Auto Focus radio button and click Apply to set the Auto Focus mode Select the Manual Focus radio button to enable the slider control and edit box Slide the slider to set the manual focus The ...

Page 22: ...0 Page 22 of 27 5 9 3 Flash Control Flash Control command doesn t work with this model 5 9 4 Debug Control 5 9 4 1 Sensor ID The Sensor ID button will display the current sensor ID details For the Credential Cam Pro Plus USB camera sensor id is as shown ...

Page 23: ...sue Date 07 20 2016 Revision 2 1 0 0 Page 23 of 27 5 9 4 2 Firmware Ver The Firmware Ver button will display the current firmware version details For the Credential Cam Pro Plus USB camera firmware version is as shown ...

Page 24: ...e Credential Cam Pro Plus Viewer 5 9 6 About 6 TWAIN Installation To install the TWAIN data source double click the executable file named SetupGTDS exe Note the file name might be slightly different depending on the revision level of the software If a User Account Control pop up is displayed Click Yes to allow changes ...

Page 25: ...t directories click on the Browse button and specify the desired location otherwise click on the Install Button and the following screens will appear The TWAIN driver installation is now complete Click Close to exit the hardware wizard 7 Using the TWAIN Interface If the Twain interface SFT 10012 is installed the camera can be used with any TWAIN compliant application ...

Page 26: ...ning the frame to provide an image of the correct proportions With no optical zoom capability within the camera the user must resort to alternative means of framing the image to the size and proportions required One option would be to provide real time digital zoom but doing this within the live video stream is problematic as it would result in reduced frame rates and could compromise video qualit...

Page 27: ...eview mode as shown below Image in Streaming Video Captured Still Image If for example the box drawn in the preview mode was half the height and half the width of the full screen then the captured image would have a resolution of 1296 x 972 pixels This could of course be reduced in resolution if required For technical assistance with this product please contact the supplier from whom the product w...